These tracks are the Mainstream and Alternate Rock #1s in 1995. The Mainstream Rock charts started in 1981, while the alternative rock tracks began in September 1988.
In 2020, the late Joel Whitburn wrote in the author notes of Rock Tracks, “There has been increasingly less crossover between the mainstream and alternative charts.” Mainstream charts, but there was some similarity back in 1995.
Lightning Crashes – Live, 10 weeks at #1 Main, nine weeks at #1 Alt, #12 pop. I knew a guy named Ed Kowalczyk remotely through work in this time frame. If I remember correctly, he was vaguely elated to the Live vocalist with the same name.
Wonderwall – Oasis, 10 weeks at#1 Alt, #9 Main, #8 pop. Yes, this is on the only Oasis album that most people, including me, own.
December – Collective Soul, nine weeks at #1 Main, #2 Alt, #20 pop
Better Man – Pearl Jam, eight weeks at #1 Main, #2 for four weeks Alt, #13 pop
When I Come Around – Green Day, seven weeks at #1 Alt, #2 for two weeks Main, #6 pop
And Fools Shine On – Brother Cain, six weeks at #1 Main
Name – Goo Goo Dolls, five weeks at #1 Main, four weeks at #1 Alt, #5 pop
Good -Better than Ezra, five weeks at #1 Alt, #3 for two weeks Main, #30 pop
On stage
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette, five weeks at #1 Alt, #3 for three weeks Main, #13 pop. Won Grammys for Rock Vocal and Rock Female Vocal. The songs from the album were made into a musical, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, which we saw in May 2023, and liked. One of my favorite bits in 60 Songs From the ’90s was when Rob Harvilla’s girlfriend would play the album, and she would cough when the F-bomb came on to hide it from her mom.
My Friends – Red Hot Chili Peppers, four weeks at #1 Main and #1 Alt, #27 pop
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2, four weeks at #1 Alt, one week at #1 Main, #16 pop, from the Batman Forever soundtrack.
Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do) – Van Halen, three weeks at #1 Main. This is from the Sammy Hagar period, which I know less about than the DLR era.
Tomorrow – Silverchair, three weeks at #1 Main and #1 Alt, #28 pop
Hard As A Rock – AC/DC, three weeks at #1 Main
Misery – Soul Asylum, three weeks at #1 Alt; #3 for four weeks Main, #20 pop. Ha! I didn’t know this song, but I instantly recognized the Weird Al parody.
Comedown – Bush, two weeks at #1 Alt, #2 Main, #30 pop
Glycerine – Bush, two weeks at #1 Alt, #4 Main, #28 pop
J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Revla) – Green Day, one week at #1 Alt, #17 Main, #6 pop
Hand In My Pocket – Alanis Morissette, one week at #1 Alt, #8 Main, #15 pop
Lump – The Presidents of the United States of America, one week at #1 Alt, #7 Main, #21 pop. Not to be confused with Weird Al’s Gump.